80 | Nobody cared about other people's self-esteem issues on that blustery day in 1978 when I shared my sudden epiphany that Libe Slope was thus named because--remember, admission standards were lower then--there was a library at the top. The careful reader will note that we had been at Cornell for more than a year at that point. So if you're looking for Pulitzer caliber stuff, go to the Class of '99.

Kerry Gardner Gryczynski has the honor of being the first classmate I ever reported on, and she dang near became the last. She reports that she and her husband Ed "are enjoying retirement." If I had a nickel for every penny I've saved for retirement, I still wouldn't have enough to cover the cost of the beer I spit across the room when I read her note. They live in Virginia, where they are involved in community and church activities. Kerry is a volunteer preparing for the celebration of Virginia's 400th anniversary, which will be the major party of 2007, so haul yourself down there when the time comes. Still in the working world is Clifford Strat, who writes that he recently qualified as a 757/767 captain for Delta Air Lines and Song Airlines; his wife Amy (Warner) '81 is still practicing internal medicine. They live in Georgia with their three sons.

Nanette Cooper-McGuinness is a lyric soprano. She wins this month's "coolest job title" award, although "airline pilot" is pretty keen. Check out her website at www.nanette.biz. She was a semifinalist singer in an opera competition in 2003 and performs regularly at venues around the world. Her husband Dave McGuinness '79 is an executive with Citibank. Sorry, Dave, "lyric soprano" gets my vote, unless you can do something about my heinous credit card bill.

Jodi Diehl Nestle, our sainted reunion co-chair (with Nancy MacIntyre Hollinshead) is trying to unload the fleece vests left over from Reunion. They have the bear and "Cornell '80" embroidered on the breast. Proceeds go into the class coffers. Twenty bucks covers a vest and shipping. Contact her by e-mail at navycows@ optonline.net. She really wants them out of her attic, so dust off your checkbooks. "Practice Limited to Horses." This is on the business card William Patterson sent us. He's a sawbones for polo ponies in Palm Beach. He also has a practice in Ohio and plays in polo tournaments.

I recently attended a class officer training conference on campus and toured the new dorms on both North and West Campus. They're pretty groovy, and if you haven't been there in a few years, you need to take a look. The U-Halls on West Campus are being torn down, and if you hurry you can steal a brick from the pile. They're heavy, though, and you'll draw attention walking through Collegetown unless you put it in a bag; trust me on this one. The bricks were made in Horseheads and have a big "H" on them. At the conference lunch, the caterer served those lemon bars that have the same balance of tartness and sweetness you used to find in key lime pie before the recipe got bastardized by people who were afraid to use key lime juice like it was intended to be used. I had some key lime pie in Key West in 1974 that I still dream about, but it's all gone now, like chrome bumpers and waiters who don't tell you their names.

What's your passion? Kids, baseball, small town America, music? David Sprague is a practicing psychologist in Batavia, where he lives with his wife Diane, their two kids, and their two pets. He also has an office in Williamsville. Guy Hunneyman and his wife Nan spend most of their free time shuttling their two boys around northern New York and Canada--the kids are on traveling baseball teams. SusanWinsor Griffith and husband Philip recently adopted two boys from Guatemala and are raising them in Arlington,MA. Susan performs with the Lexington Sinfonietta, an orchestra dedicated to spreading appreciation of classical music; she also serves as treasurer on the board of directors of this nonprofit organization. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

Sometimes what people don't write on the news forms they send us can be as compelling as what they do write, but we are not mind readers, and we calls 'em like we sees 'em. To wit: Stacy West Clark writes that she "had a wonderful time visiting Kathy Dixon-Leone at her home at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach." I've been to the Breakers. It's just like Motel 6--in the sense that Istanbul is just like Horseheads.

Joey Green, BArch '81, writes that he and Jay Balk attended a benefit concert given by septuagenarian rocker Chuck Berry in St. Louis. Joey's next book is Marx and Lennon: The Parallel Sayings. It is, of course, a juxtaposition of sayings by Groucho and John, respectively, and contains a foreword and introduction by Yoko Ono and Arthur Marx, respectively. Roll over, Beethoven: Frederic Zonsius has an architecture and interior design firm in Manhattan. He has done interiors for Giorgio Armani stores, among others.His website (www.fzad.com) plays Beethoven, which is very soothing, if you don't have your computer speakers inadvertently cranked too loud. Learned that the hard way, but it did lead to one heck of a segue. SamWennberg, "engineer at heart, with the enthusiasm of a child, where anything is possible," is the president of Ocean Power Technologies, a company that is attempting to harness the energy from ocean waves.

We live in a glorious age, and I love this job--energy from ocean waves! Lyric sopranos! Beethoven! Horseheads! I swear, if I ever see a news form from a Jerry Garcia impersonator, I'm quitting my day job and joining the circus.We received an interesting reminiscence from Steve Benjamin, who recalls his seven-week trip through Europe with Josh Rosenblatt after graduation. The trip cost them $1,500 a pop--airfare, rail pass, the whole schmear--and they had the time of their lives. Steve is a colon cancer survivor, and you can read about his gathering of rosebuds when we rejuvenate the class website. But remember: we're volunteers. It should be current by the time you read this, we hope.

Mike Pliss is Director of Information and Instructional Technology for the Ithaca City School District after spending 20 years in the private sector saving up money to send his four kids to college, three of whom have already taken him up on his largess.

We're chipping away at the news forms we've received, so if you haven't seen your news yet, be patient. Also, for those who haven't sent in news, let us know what you're up to. Remember: you can't relive the past, but if you did it right, you don't need to.We'll always have Horseheads. -- Dik Saalfeld, rfs25@cornell.edu; Dana Jerrard, dej24@cornell.edu; Tim O'Connor, tvoc0744@optonline.net; Cynthia Addonizio-Biano, caa28@cornell.edu; Leona Barsky, leonabarsky@aol.com.

81 | Happy New Year to you and your family! It's hard to believe that our 25th Reunion is just six months away. Don't forget, it's the weekend of June 8-11.We really hope you will be able to attend.

Your Class of '81 friends are doing well everywhere. In the Boston area, we have lots to report. Marc Laredo and his wife Roberta (Karon) '82 welcomed daughter Emma on November 26, 2004.Marc writes, "She is a gift!" Emma joins brothers Joshua, 15, and Matthew, 13.Marc is a partner in the law firm of Laredo & Smith LLP, and also serves on the Newton School Committee. Roberta has her own nutrition counseling practice. You can reach the Laredos at laredofamily@rcn.com. Also in Newton, Jeffrey R. Kaplan sold his feline veterinarian practice,Metro Cats, three years ago.He continues to work there as an employee/manager. Jeff and his wife Sally Brickell are busy raising four children, Russell, 15, Alyssa, 12, Bennett, 9, and Forrest, 5. Their e-mail address is brickland6@rcn.com.

Bonnie Berg and her husband Andrew Keelin share a chiropractic practice in Weston, MA. They have kids Perri, 11, and Alec, 8. Send them a note at restlessdoggies@comcast. net. In Lenox, MA, Renee Miller Mizia recently graduated from Western New England College School of Law. Classmate Debi Wheaton Hemdal graduated with her. Renee and husband John (UMass '82) have a daughter Alyse, 18, who is a freshman in the Ag college's animal science program.

Also in law school is Richard Dinardo of Guilford, CT. Rich attends the U. of Connecticut Law School in Hartford. Last summer, Rich served as an intern in the chambers of the Hon. Peter Dorsey, Federal Court Judge, in New Haven. Rich and wife Susan can be reached at RichRSD14@aol.com. In Millburn, NJ, Jennifer Rosenberg Markovitz and husband Michael, BArch '82, are raising children Lauren, 13, and Max, 10. Marci Shapiro Silbert (marci@silberts.com) and her family reside in Short Hills, NJ.Marci recently completed a fundraising event for the Child Life department at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. She and her team raised $50,000 at a Newark Bears baseball game, complete with children's activities, concerts, and special performers.

Timothy Lewis (lewis.family@comcast.net) and his wife Margaret live in Clarksville,MD, and have two children. Their daughter Kristen recently graduated from NYU and is pursuing an acting career; daughter Kara '08 is a sophomore at Cornell, where she plays varsity soccer. Tim writes that his father, Fred T. Lewis, DVM '53, received "The Good Doctor Award" for his work containing an outbreak of equine herpes virus. In Bethesda, Jim and Naomi Gelzer Kettler, BArch '82, have lots of news. They and their children Charlotte, 14, Philip, 12, and Nicholas, 9, recently traveled to Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, and Italy. The children are all interested in artistic pursuits, including ballet, cello, piano, and voice. Naomi is taking graduate classes at George Washington U. and the Corcoran School of Art and Design in interior design, as well as doing consulting work and volunteering in church and school arenas. Jim is serving as president of the Suburban Maryland Building Industry Association, as well as serving on the executive board of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Last May, Naomi had a reunion with Alyssa Alia Malanga, Jill Flack, Martha Garcia, and Sarina Monast Bronfin '82 in NYC, where they saw the production of Wicked. You can catch up with the Kettlers at jket58@aol.com.

Linda Kosobucki Mullen and her husband Donald are living in Round Hill,VA, with their children Maxwell, 9, and Shelby, 6. In Great Falls,VA, Renee Malcolm Weir (renee_weir@yahoo.com) is a single mom keeping busy with three active boys Kevin, 14, Charlie, 11, and Ian, 6. She would love to hear from any classmates in the D.C. area. In Greensboro, NC, Lorraine DeBona Marshall and her husband Steve are raising two daughters, Catherine, a freshman in high school, and Elizabeth, in sixth grade. The Marshalls also have an antiques and jewelry design business. Check out their website, www.BonBonsJewelry.com. Congratulations to Mark Amos, who was recently granted tenure in the Dept. of English at Southern Illinois U.

Douglas Nelson, MS '84, and his family have lived in Watertown, WI, since the summer of 2001. Doug's younger children Emily, 14, and Chris, 11, are very active in school and sports activities; his older children Amber, 26, and Patrick, 22, are enjoying careers in Hamilton, NY. Doug was recently promoted to VP of science and technology at Knight Treatment Systems, where he works on new product development and field applications. Also in Wisconsin is Claire McVeigh Mirande, a conservation biologist. She is currently leading a United Nations Environment Program to protect rare birds and wetlands in Asia.

Wendy Hendrick Hiester and husband Andy recently moved to Bellingham,WA, with children Liz, 18, a lacrosse player, and James, 14, a baseball player. In Santa Monica, CA, Adam Petriella (adam@petriella.com) and his wife Alicia Proctor welcomed Aidan, born on July 5, 2004. Adam and family relocated from New York, and he is heading up the Capital Corporation Division of Marcus & Millichap, a firm specializing in real estate mortgage financing. Susan Wiser has been living in New Zealand for the past 12 years. She is an ecologist at Landcare Research, where she focuses on the environmental impacts of forestry, ecology of rare ecosystems, and ecoinformatics. Susan saw Rhonda Dorfman Greenapple, who was touring the South Island on a bike tour. They caught up with each other after 20 years. See you at Reunion 25! -- Kathy Philbin LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com; Jennifer Read Campbell, ronjencam@aol.com; and Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@adelphia.net.

82 | Congrats to Jeffrey Segall, who wrote from Mountain View, CA, that he was "married for the first and last time on October 2, 2004 to the former Meredith Brown, now Segall, in Big Sur, CA." You can send your best wishes to Jeffrey at jsegall@hotmail.com. John Mennell wrote that he was in Ithaca and started reminiscing, which started him "Googling" friends, which led him to our class column.He e-mailed that he moved back to the East Coast after stints in Columbus, OH, and Madison, WI. He now lives in the Princeton area and works for a software company. He has raised a couple of kids and now dogs ("just hairy kids") and on the side runs Magazine Literacy, an organization he founded. To learn more about "feeding kids hungry to learn," visit John's website, http://MagazineLiteracy.org/. (And don't forget, you can also find all alumni through the Cornell Alumni directory, https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu/directory.)

Speaking of dogs, Liz Dibs Dole, DVM '86 (blklabvet@aol.com) is "still enjoying work as a veterinarian (dogs and cats only)" in Syracuse and can't believe she is entering her 20th year in practice. Liz visited with Tim Plunkett '81, DVM '86, and Renee Bayha Gossett '81 at a conference in Baltimore. She also had dinner with Carolyn Koplinka Peterson '81 and husband David in Charlottesville, VA, and reports that she is doing well. PaulWright (paulewright@yahoo.com) lives in Hoboken, NJ, and is a VP at Goldman Sachs. David Ehrlich is of counsel to the entertainment law firm of Roberts and Ritholz in NYC. Kathie Oates is a quality assurance analyst at Home Funding Funders in their Latham, NY, branch, a mortgage bank she has been with for 12 years. She reports that daughter Leslie is a junior at the U. of Buffalo, where she's studying both architecture and political science. Kathie asks if anyone keeps in touch with Aya Abinovsky, who transferred to Columbia U. before our graduation.

Michael Panosian wrote that he is serving as the 88th Surgical Operations Squadron Commander,Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, and was preparing to deploy to Southwest Asia for six months as an Expeditionary Medical Group Commander. He reports that Col. Alan Tucker was selected to command a group at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, MA. John Tacca (tacca@ptd.net) and family returned to the US after living the last four years in Germany. The whole family, John, wife Becky, and four boys, enjoyed living in Europe and are doing well back in the States.

Lots of sons are keeping classmates busy! Patti Rodgers Bishop has three sons: Austin, who is attending Case Western Reserve, Evan 15, and Eric, 12. Patti is "so happy to have found a meaningful/challenging profession": teaching 7th and 8th graders math and science at the Lawrence School, a private school for bright students with learning challenges, primarily ADD, OCD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia. She would love to hear from Nader Golestaneh, Bob '83 and Kate Daly Stelletello '83, and Ken DiPietro '81.

Teddi Hanslowe Sapolsky is a soloist with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and keeps busy with sons William and Nicholas. She reports that Donald Button and his wife Malena Fuentes adopted a son, Nikolas, from Russia. They live in Palo Alto, CA, where they both work for Roche. Steven Waisbren practices general surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, surgical oncology, and vascular surgery in Minneapolis. He and wife Bernadette Groh have sons Ari, 12, and Willie, 13.

Sheryl Leventhal writes that her first son, Dan, is an accomplished jazz guitar and trumpet player and all-around good student. Second son Jeff is a developing tennis player and drummer. Husband Peter Schwartz's business, Aremco Products, is going well, "and they are all enjoying skiing, hiking, and traveling." Sheryl is taking a leave of absence from her hematology/oncology practice to pursue interests in nutrition and prevention. And last, John Pisacane has two boys in high school, so John "is worrying about college applications."He adds, "Besides being seen as a leading dentist in the field of CAD/CAM dentistry, I have now become a trainer for other dentists who obtain the advanced CEREC one-visit crown system for themselves."You can find John at Willow Glen Dentistry in San Jose, CA, or drjohn@wgdentistry.com.

Now that winter has arrived, you may want to start thinking about summer in Ithaca at one of Cornell's Adult University programs. Last year, several of our classmates participated in study tours, including Mary Caporal Benton, who took The Eclectic Ethnic: A Culinary Workshop; Sharon Lieberman, who participated in The Rowing Clinic; and Donna Tobin, who enjoyed Outdoor Skills and Thrills for Parents and Teens. -- Nina M.Kondo, nmk22@cornell.edu; and Mark E. Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu.

83 | Though it will be 2006 by the time you read this, we're still catching up on the e-mail news we received last spring as a result of my co-correspondent David Pattison's newsgathering.We would like to make a special plea for news from our Gulf Coast classmates displaced due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Please let us know how you fared during the storms and give us your updated contact information.

New baby reports are continuing to trickle in. Stewart Glickman and wife Sarah announced the birth of son Ben in June 2005, joining siblings Daniel and Rachel. The Glickmans live in Maplewood, NJ, where Stewart works for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Carl and Alicia Berthoud Torrey recently celebrated their 20th anniversary and are the proud parents of Kensey, 18, Benjamin, 16, and Casey, 8. It's double-trouble for Scott Shaw and wife Lily, parents of 11-year-old twins Christine and Rebecca. Scott is an engineering manager for Texas Instruments and lives in the Dallas suburb of Plano. Twins Julia and Olivia, 7, also keep Steven Duca busy, along with his insurance business in Boca Raton, FL. Steven would love to hear from other Cornellians in the South Florida area.

Soaking up the sun in San Diego is Sarah Gutz, who works for Hewlett Packard but takes time out for an annual ski trip to Salt Lake City, where she meets up with Leanne Brandt, DVM '87, a resident Salt Laker and confessed "ski maniac." Carol Janney recently accomplished a goal begun during her junior year at Cornell--she rode her bike all the way across North America. Her longest trek included a solo ride from Washington State to her home state of Minnesota, where she is a statistician for the Mayo Clinic.

Dave and Cindy Rosenberg Cohen are transplanted New Yorkers "surviving in the rough Midwest" in Cincinnati, OH. Dave works at Procter & Gamble in information and decision solutions and Cindy works at Children's Hospital in emergency medicine. Children Jill, 14, and Evan, 11, are both showing signs of being Ivy League material. For Dave, "a recent highlight was enjoying Cornell hockey's win over Ohio State and for a brief moment having local sports bragging rights."Dave stays in close touch with Eric Geismar, a legal counsel for Medtronics in Los Angeles, and Carlo Frappolli, working in human resources for Bank One in Chicago.

Last year's e-mail blast generated many long, thoughtful responses, and we appreciate everyone who shared their reflections on the more than 23 years since we graduated and how our time at Cornell influenced our life choices.Many of you wrote to us for the first time. A few highlights:

A stay-at-home mom since the birth of her first child in 1993, Randi Miloro Warshall now channels her energies into her four children (ages 4 to 12) and into community activities such as being president of the PTA.Her 11-year-old son is number two in his weight class in New York State wrestling, and he hopes to wrestle for the Big Red someday. Before her kids came along, Randi worked in the field of labor relations, first in New York for a hospital workers union and then for the National Treasury Employees Union in Chicago. Robert Cima recalls that 22 years ago he was working the 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. shift for Hyatt Regency Chicago as an assistant bar manager. He had so much fun in that environment that he joined Four Seasons after six months. Twenty-two years later, he is still with Four Seasons, most recently as general manager/regional VP for Aviara Four Seasons in San Diego.

In the past year, the best thing that happened to interior designer Thresa Gibian was being asked to teach six weeks of the Senior Interior Design Studio course in D&EA at Cornell.With only two weeks notice, Thresa ran the course like a professional interior design studio and sought suggestions from campus facility managers regarding interior spaces on campus in need of renovation. Since last spring, two of the spaces have been renovated per the class recommendations.Writes Thresa, "It was fun to be in the classroom sharing what I have learned over the past 20-plus years of working on interiors space planning issues with major corporations."

Twenty-two years ago, Mary Jane Curry was writing her honors essay and wondering where to get a job in publishing. After working in publishing in Boston for eight years, she obtained her PhD in education from the U. of Wisconsin and is now in her second year of teaching at the U. of Rochester. She notes that Rochester has a huge Cornell Alumni Club, which is a lot of fun. DavidWeil resides in the Boston area with his wife Miriam and his daughters Rachel, 16, and Alanna, 13. He has been a professor of economics at Boston U.'s School of Management for more than a decade, as well as a research fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard. He continues to be grateful to ILR faculty like Nick Salvatore for being academic role models and mentors.

Jane Mosey-Nicoletta has found a creative use for her Animal Science major--she's now "wrangling attorneys" in Springfield, IL, where she works as "business manager/den mother" for a general practice law firm. Jane and husband Mike have two kids, Jesse, 6, who is already on skates playing Mini-Mite Hockey (will we see him in Lynah Rink someday?), and Camilla, an active 4-year-old who attends a preschool program for children with Down Syndrome and other special needs. Jane serves as the CAAAN chairperson for downstate Illinois and recruited classmate CoreyWebman Miller, who recently moved to Springfield to assist her with CAAAN activities. Jane also keeps in touch with Alyssa Bickler Guelzow, who, along with husband John and daughter Alex, 8, lives in Wake Forest, NC, where John is a sales director for a major athletic equipment manufacturer.

In Jakarta, Indonesia, Jehan Arulpragasam leads the World Bank's work on poverty issues in Indonesia, including the damage and loss assessment for the tsunami and earthquake disaster. "Globalization is alive and well, even at the family level!"writes Sri Lankan native Jehan, whose children Lucas, 3, and Sofia, 1, were born in the US and Singapore, respectively, and whose wife Silvia was born in Hamburg, Germany. Jehan adds that he runs into many Cornellians in Jakarta, including several at the local World Bank office.

Lynn Broide Mueller visited Cornell for the first time since graduation last summer and was shocked by the changes to our university, though reassured that some favorite haunts hadn't changed. Lynn and family (husband Tom and kids Erich, 15, Geoffrey, 13, and Leanne, 10) live in Groton, MA. After eight years as a consultant in the high-tech industry and ten years as a stay-at-home mom, Lynn returned to work as a teaching assistant in the local elementary school, where she works with children in the special education program.Writes Lynn, "Life can be very different from what we arrogant Ivy Leaguers plan, but different can be good, even better than we ever imagined. I may not be able to afford to send my kids to Cornell, and my husband and I might be working until we die, but we are rich beyond our wildest dreams." Please send news to -- Dinah Godwin, Dinah.godwin@earthlink.net; and David Pattison, dpattison@earthlink.net.

84 | OK, we have celebrated everyone's 40th birthday and we have printed stories of children arriving and of interesting travels. Now it's time to tell us about good deeds. If you and yours are involved in emergency relief,Habitat for Humanity, scouting, coaching, or outreach of any kind, either as a full-time job or a volunteer activity, let us know! This news will not only fill our column, but it will serve as an inspiration to other classmates as well.

Richard Parker recently moved into a circa 1850 home in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco with Molly and Scout, two Jack Russell terriers, after his divorce. Richard and David Bushnell '80 founded 450 Architects, a nationally recognized sustainable design firm. Richard coordinated several tours, panel discussions, and award ceremonies during UN World Environment Day events in San Francisco in June. Two other architecture classmates Moses Vaughan '85 and Bob Glazier '83 are also in the Bay Area and own their own businesses. Michael Kanellos and wife Monika have a daughter Emily and also live in San Francisco. Michael works as editor-at-large for News.com, a technology news site. Recently he spent time in India writing on the growth of the tech industry in the country. Soon he will be off to Qatar for the same.

Further south in California, Han Chiu is in La Jolla and is the founder of Novel Bioventures Advisors, a single LP life science venture fund. Han has decided to move on to create a fully syndicated venture fund. The new fund will have a target size of $150M and will add at least one additional partner. Any Cornellians with an interest or suggestions for investors, contact Han at han@novelbioventures.com. Han and his family enjoyed a three-week vacation to China this past summer.

Mark Cogen is in New Zealand for a year as an anesthesiologist in an underserved hospital.Mark's wife Josie and daughters Alyssa and Rebecca are with him in Whakatane on the North Island about three hours from Auckland. They are taking this opportunity to see a new part of the world and learn to scuba dive and surf. If you are in New Zealand, look up the Cogens at mjcogen301@mac.com. Gary Daniel writes from Toronto, ON, that he and wife Robin have two children under 10, Reese and Oliver. Robin is competing in the US National Scrabble championships in Reno, NV. Gary still practices intellectual property law as a partner of the law firm Blake, Cassels and Gradon LLP in Toronto.

Cornell's Adult University continues to attract classmates. This past summer Caryl Cardenas completed a workshop at the Cornell Plantations called Perfect Plants for the Perfect Garden. Outdoor Skills and Thrills included Emily Liu Filloramo, and The Wine Class captured the attention of Robert Hole. William Ryan enjoyed Digital Video.

Fellow freshman Donlonites Greg and Jenny Hubbard Garner write that "after 12 years of relative stability (same home, same job, etc.)," they have moved from downtown Denver to a western suburb. The starter home had finally gotten too small for the growing family (including Geoff and Selby), so the Garners now live in Wheat Ridge, CO, just downstream from the Coors Beer plant in Golden. After 12 years as counsel to Office Technology Systems, Greg has begun working for the Hamilton Family Trust, managing legal matters for various real estate investments. The whole family is looking forward to making the trek back to Ithaca in summer '06, where Geoffrey Cornell Garner can see his namesake!

Karen Ansbro Leone is on the move. Her family left Rochester, NY, for State College, PA, where Karen's husband took a tenured position at the Smeal School of Business at Penn State. Karen remarks that these household moves "get more difficult as we approach middle age, especially for daughter Grace and son George."Karen will continue to do her all-women trips through her firm, Go 'n Groove. At the time she wrote, she was planning a trip to Beaver Creek, CO, called HOTEL COLORADO 25, a reunion for Hotelies and non-Hotelies who remember the Hotel Colorado parties of the late '70s and early '80s. Look for information on that trip or any other at www.goandgroove. com.

Karl and Janice Ziegler Groskaufmanis live in Oak Hill,VA, with their children Lauren, Christopher, and Jacqueline. Janice became a partner in the health law department of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP in January 2003. She practices in the D.C. office of the 700-plus attorney firm. Janice and Liz Alvarez Del Castillo '85 got together in Scottsdale, AZ, in April. Cynthia Kannus Batterman started with Nelson-Bach USA in North Wilmington, MA, as president. Cynthia and her husband Christopher now reside in Andover, MA.

Terri Port McClellan has received a number of notes from classmates since they received their copies of Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart. As we approach our 25th Reunion, the class officers thought that including our class in the annual 2005 New Student Reading Project, which has actually become a University Reading Project, would be a good way to re-connect classmates to Cornell. Mariann Roese Fessenden finally got a chance to open the packet with her copy of the book.Mariann had been a little busy because she and her husband John '85 were getting their daughter Marissa ready to head to Cornell as a member of the freshman class.Marissa greatly enjoyed the book and the study groups. John and Mariann are getting to enjoy Cornell all over again, making them wish they were there again.Mariann and John have three more children to send to the Hill, so they have a lot of Cornell experiences to come.

Joanne Chen checked in after finishing her copy to say that she enjoyed the book. Terri bumps into Joanna occasionally at Hampshire Hills Sports Facility in Milford, NJ, and Joanna usually has a tennis racket in hand. Joanna's traveling women's tennis team did quite well this past summer, winning the New Jersey tournament for their level. Kim Venegas enjoyed reading the book very much and learning of the Ibos' community values and traditions. Kim notes that as a graduate of the College of AAP, architects share college and alumni life with the students that graduate a year earlier since AAP is a five-year program. From Kim's e-mail address it looks as though her architecture firm is called Venegas Vilaro Arquitectura. Terri confesses that she's just started her copy of Things Fall Apart, but she's interested in hearing from more classmates whether they completed the book and if it's a project they would like to continue. I will add here that I am waiting to read the book at the same time as my daughter, who has it as a seventh grade assignment in history. If people are interested, we can try to work with CyberTower to set up a Class of 1984 online discussion group. -- Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com; Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@comcast.net. Class website, http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | As I write this, the wind and rain are pounding at the window. Luckily, though, it is not a "named storm." Living in south Florida for the past 13 years has definitely become harder as the weather has become worse. In looking over the News Forms I received, I realized that I only really knew two of the people while in school. It was an odd feeling. I'd thought that while at school I could walk around and always find someone I knew, but when faced with the large number of alumni from our class, we are really not the small family I thought. Here's to meeting new faces from our year!

Charlie and Karen Weiner Goss send their regrets at not making reunion, though they did attend Cornell's Adult University (CAU) last summer with their two children, 14 and 5. Karen says high schoolers are more of a challenge than a 5-year-old, so we all have THAT to look forward to. Jaime David Silverman writes from Los Angeles, CA. He is now a screenwriter and looking for classmates to come visit! James Lin, doctor of hand and plastic surgery, also signs in from California. James and his wife welcomed twin girls in March; with big sister Sarina, 3, life is getting hectic.

Margie Banet Hanley and husband Paul are living outside Boulder, CO, enjoying winter skiing and summer golfing when 2-year-old son Cooper lets them! Stacy Kaiser Gilmour has spent 18 years with Quabbin Wire and Cable, taking time to raise Briana, 14, and Brandon, 10, and keeping busy with family and academic and extracurricular activities. From good ol' Ithaca, RisaMish, JD '88, writes that she is working at Cornell as an individual giving officer on the Special Gifts Team with Cornell Law alumni, and being mom to Daniel 10, and Julia, 7.

Rachel Sheffet of Tuckahoe, NY, has a 5-year-old beginning kindergarten and is a licensed clinical psychologist, expanding her private practice while working for Montefiore Medical Center. From Warwick, NY, Kate Beekman Fiduccia hit Reunion with her 16-year-old son, who is looking to enter Cornell in 2007. She and husband Peter keep busy with their company Woods N'Water Press (www.fiduccia.com) and their TV series on the Outdoor Channel. No wonder they were canoeing, hiking, and touring Cornell during Reunion! Majini Sehwani Oberoi didn't make it to Reunion,much to Kate's chagrin, but she did see Benoit Deshaies and his wife.

Robin Goldstein Baker wrote from Brooklyn. A quick glance at her form had "Criminal" circled and I panicked. Upon closer reading, it seems Robin is the Chief of Criminal Appeals for the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. Robin was awarded the Henry Stimson Medal for outstanding service as an assistant US attorney by the NYC Bar Association. Congratulations, Robin! Ron Handelman, living near my old stomping grounds of Montclair, NJ, is the school psychologist for North Rockland High School and spends some evenings in private practice. He and wife Teren have three girls and are looking to meet up with Mark Richmond and wife Mary DeSanctis '86 and Patrick and Kitty Plummer, who all live with their children in Georgia for a "Phillip's house coop reunion."

Mayor W. Ted Alexander of Shelby, NC, serves as SW Regional Director for Preservation North Carolina, a statewide nonprofit organization promoting historic preservation. According to his wife Patti, he was welcomed in Kagurazaka, Japan, to introduce the downtown revitalization program to Japanese planners, architects, and government leaders. Bringing American Main Street to Japan. Warren"Waddy" Francis and wife Gilly live in Venice, FL, with girls Piper, 9, and Palmer, 8.He recently became general manager of the PSV Resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

After six and a half years, Lisa Reznick married beau Michael Mayer in May. They honeymooned in the Napa Valley, taking in the wineries and a hot-air balloon ride. Wedding invitees included Sheri Wilensky and Sheila Winik Silberglied, though both were in New York for Sheila's daughter's bat mitzvah. David and Nancy Schmidt Mears have moved cross-country from Washington State to Montpelier, VT (ugh, the snow belt!). The Mearses have three children, all active in sports and music. They spent time with Bill and Amy Phelps Davis in Grand Junction, CO, on their way east. David is now the assistant director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic and assistant professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School.

Tom Kwiat has been living in Korea with wife Haechong and daughters Audrey, 5, and Joanna, 3, for the past six years. He is with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Seoul, working on a major realignment of US forces stationed there. Curt Hampstead is a team leader in the publishing department at the United Nations. He and wife Tracy have four children:Mercedes, 17, Dominique, 15, Chastity, 13, and, as Curt writes, "my baby boy" Jordan Louis, who just turned 1 year old. If that is not enough, Curt also acts "as a hobby" at the Billie Holiday Theater in A Freeman's Hope. Quite a resume, Curt!

I have some "business card" information: Chris Dorr is with Microsoft in Washington; Marie Michel-Tucker moved to Ohio; Sara Poor is at Princeton U. and published her first book; veterinarian Claudia Casavecchia, DVM '89, is in Philadelphia as president of the People Pet Partnership and recipient of the PVMA's Public Service Award of Merit; and Sarah Lambert is in Port Jervis, NY.

Though my circle of friends has not responded with new news, I'll give you what I know. Tara Shuman Gonzalez is a director with Southern Living at Home, enjoying successful self-employment while watching her children Jesse, Sydney, and Isabelle grow. You can find her at www.southernlivingathome.com/taragonzalez. Eleanor Stevens Dixon has survived the hurricane season in Vero Beach, FL. She is a stay-at-home mom to Chris, Genny, and Eddie, while being active in her kids' schools, church, and community theater. Sharon Tolpin and Leslie Nydick are living the high life in NYC. I occasionally chat with them online. They are enjoying being close to family while working hard. Maryellen Fisher Magee and Cindy Cowan Bowman are next door neighbors in Charlotte, NC. In Cary, NC, Virginia Scarola Sidman is raising Melanie, a varsity soccer player in high school, and Julia, a fourth grader, while juggling her career at Macy's. I recently reconnected with Manda Aiken, who is at the Coral Reef Club down in Key Largo, FL. I am looking to meet up with her one of these weekends for Happy Hour.

As for me, I am raising my 4-year-old son Daniel, who keeps me running, with the help of family and love interest Michael Cornett. (I figured the name was close to Cornell so he can't be all bad.) Working with Florida seniors in a retirement community and assisted living and skilled nursing facility takes up much of the day, but it is very rewarding. I would love to know what Doug Birnie, Warren Fields, Bethany Cronk '86, and Cheryl Nolan are up to. Chef Bob White asked about all the Hotelies. Now that I am one of the correspondents, I'd LOVE to hear from you. Send help and prayers to victims of Katrina and Rita. It's a crazy world these days.We all need one another. -- Joyce Zelkowitz, chefjoice0503@aol.com; Leslie Nydick, Lnydick@aol.com.

86 | With our 20th Reunion mere months away, check out our website for the latest updates and registration information: http://classof86.alumni.cornell.edu/reunion2006.html. Remember, this marks the opportunity for you to become a new officer for our class. Contact current president Lisa Hellinger Manaster at lisahman@aol.com with any questions.

Thanks to those of you who took the time to send updates on your work, your families, and your lives with the last News and Dues form. As I was filing through them preparing this column, I had a bit of a "This Is Your Life" experience.

Representing my high school days, Janice Costa, who I grew up with in Plainview, NY, sent news of her new book, Everything and the Kitchen Sink: Remodel Your Kitchen Without Losing Your Mind. Editor of Kitchen & Bath Design News, Janice lives in Bethpage, NY. She is currently at work on her next book, "Everything and the Bathroom Sink"--"using it as an excuse to remodel my own bathroom"--as well as a book about working dogs.

I perked up when I saw the name of my freshman-year roommate, Amy Kates, MRP '87, at the top of a News Form, but after reading her words, felt sorrow and inspiration. "After the unexpected passing of my longtime business partner, Diane Downey, in Dec '04, I find myself the owner of our organization design firm, Downey Kates Associates (www.downeykates.com). I am enjoying the challenge of running my own business and traveling widely for work, including South Africa this summer."Amy has been living in Manhattan for 17 years with husband Muhamed Saric and sons Malik, 10, and Elias, 7. "We spent a wonderful weekend at our country house in Pennsylvania last October with Alissa Stern and husband Louis and three sons," she wrote.

Sophomore year of Cornell, I met Brian Linsey while ringing up fudge and popcorn at the Campus Store. Brian has lived in several states since graduation, including a short stint recently as my neighbor less than a mile up the road in Glastonbury, CT. A couple of years ago Brian moved to Las Vegas and is now "making up for all those days in Ithaca when we futilely prayed for sun. I'm trying to stay out of the casinos, and am enjoying life with my girlfriend and two dogs (Tango, the chocolate Lab, and Stripe, the Dalmatian)." Junior year, I lived a few houses down Delaware Avenue from Eric Steinberg, who reported that he is a gastroenterologist in Atlanta, where he lives with wife Hyun and daughters Rebecca, 12, and Victoria, 9. Finally,my pal all four Cornell years, and still one of my best friends, Lorraine Miano Fike wrote with an update on her life with husband Dave, children Deandra, 9, and Graham, 4, and beagle Sadie. Dave works for Ciena, a telecommunications manufacturer, and Lorraine is an independent consultant. They live in Woodstock, MD, near Baltimore.

In other news, Fredrik Hedengren of Brookside, NJ, says wife Marissa (Rago) '87 and family are doing great. "Twins Christian and Niklas are 9 and have become hockey fanatics. They play almost all year and love to watch Cornell!" Fredrik teaches 9th and 10th grade math at the Pingry School, a private school in New Jersey. He also coaches ice hockey and lacrosse. Emily Sawers Berlinghof and husband Todd '85 of Northfield, IL, keep busy shuttling David, 12, Chase, 10, and Madeline, 7, around town. "We all went to Cornell's Adult University Family Camp last summer and had a blast. The children saw Ithaca at its finest weather, experienced dorm life, and learned why both Mom and Dad are always bragging about Cornell. It's a hard sell here in the land of Big Ten schools, but I think we've at least convinced them that attending Cornell is worth considering!"

Andrew Epstein enjoys practicing law in fast-growing southwest Florida. "In August '03 I married Allison Gayle Spiegel. Allison and I welcomed daughter Danielle in December '04. I have a thriving commercial and civil litigation practice based in Fort Myers, dealing also with construction and personal injury matters."Allison is a representative for Sanofi-Aventis. Jeffrey Dunlap lives in Hudson, OH, with wife Amy and girls Erin, 10, and Casey, 8. "I am a partner at the law firm of Ulmer & Berne LLP, headquartered in Cleveland where my office is located, but with offices in Columbus, Cincinnati, and Chicago."He is the hiring partner for the firm, and a member of the board of trustees for the Country Club of Hudson and the Cleveland Chapter of the American Cancer Society.

Debora Elysa Bloom, MS '92, has a new home in Danby, NY, next to Buttermilk Creek. Daughter Maria, 15, attends Ithaca High School, and son Brian is a microelectronic engineer employed by Intel in Arizona. Debora has two grandchildren, Roman, 4, and Aleksandra, 1. "Since graduation from ILR, I worked in industrial relations for Alcoa, then attended grad school at Cornell, graduating in '92 with an MS in Education."Debora taught at the Montessori School of Ithaca as an elementary school teacher for eight years, but now runs a home-based sewing and tailoring business. Annemarie Laufs Morse also works in Ithaca. She and husband William have children Victoria, 9, and Hannah, 6. "We enjoy our home in the hilly countryside and our numerous pets. I enjoy cooking and baking and spending time with my family, and am interested in enology."Annemarie works in information technology as a support/trainer in the Ag college.

Christine Carr, Isle of Palms, SC, is associate director of emergency services at Medical U. of South Carolina.With husband Laurin Graham, a pediatrician in Charleston, she has two daughters ages 7 and 9. Wendy Happek lives in New Milford, CT, with husband Greg Stauf. Sharon Rice Michaelson recently moved to Northampton,MA. Heidi Norden Burnett of Oshkosh, WI, was elected to a four-year term on the American Animal Hospital Association Board of Directors, and served on the National Council for Pet Population Study and Policy. Yoram Silagy, New York City, is a partner at the law firm Vernon & Ginsburg LLP. Phil McCarthy is a financial advisor with UBS Financial Services in New York City.

Jonathan Flaks of Dobbs Ferry, NY, and wife Ellen have sons Nathan, 9 and Ray, 5. Jonathan, who is certified by International Coach Federation and is founder of ICF Westchester Chapter, runs Jonathan Flaks Coaching Associates, http://jf-executive-coaching.com.He is also adjunct professor for the NYU Management Institute. I look forward to seeing you in June! -- Hilory Federgreen Wagner, haf5@cornell.edu.

87 | Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had a festive holiday season. As we enter 2006, it means that we are only 18 months away from our 20th Reunion, which will take place in June 7-10, 2007. It is not too early to mark that on your calendar and start thinking about making the pilgrimage to Ithaca.

My wife Rebecca and I did exactly that this past July.We spent a relaxing week at a lakeside cottage in Lansing, about ten miles north of campus and across the lake from Taughannock State Park.We were able to invite old Ithaca friends and Cornell colleagues over for barbecue. Football coach Jim Knowles brought his kids Halle, Luke, and Jack over for a swim in the lake one afternoon.My buddy Albert Chu, whose wife and children were visiting relatives in Taiwan that month, drove up from New Jersey to spend the weekend with us.We were also joined by a former student of mine, Margo Harris Cohen '96, who brought her husband of four years, Brad, to introduce him to the Finger Lakes region.We all had a great time wandering through the Ithaca Farmer's Market, marveling at some of the new and unfamiliar buildings on campus (for instance, Duffield Hall), or just reminiscing about our student days.

Originally we had planned our trip to coincide with the "39 Again" party, which the Class Council had to cancel due to anemic pre-registration. However, I wish to acknowledge the hard work that several class officers put in to plan and organize the event, especially Stacey Neuhoefer Silberzweig. Therefore, it was all the more pleasant and unexpected a surprise when Albert and I were sitting in front of The Nines in C-town, having ordered a pizza for lunch, and I spotted Stacey and husband Jeff walking by on the other side of College Ave. They and their son Ian were visiting Carina Lagua and her husband Patrick Craner in the Syracuse area, and the five of them decided to take advantage of a gloriously sunny and warm Saturday to come down to Ithaca, even though the party had been called off. The four of us '87 classmates held an impromptu "39 Again" party, complete with pizza and finger food from The Nines.We could not have planned it better. Carina's firefighter husband Patrick even took Ian next door to check out Ithaca's Fire Company No. 9 and their ladder equipment. After our leisurely lunch, we strolled down College Ave. and picked up some souvenirs in one of the stores before bidding one another good-bye.

Reunions with classmates continued after summer. Laura Szeliga flew in from New York and spent a week in Sonoma with a friend of hers. On Sunday, September 4, Rebecca and I went to San Francisco to watch the annual international bicycle grand prix, and Laura met us at the Ferry Building shortly before the cyclists crossed the finish line.We ended up in North Beach and had a fabulous steak and seafood meal at Rose Pistola, one of my favorite eateries. Laura is still with Kraft Foods, and worked on a new Jell-O TV commercial (shot in Buenos Aires back in June 2005) that is scheduled to air this month. The postcard she sent from Argentina now adorns my office wall.

While I was traveling in Asia in mid-September, I got an e-mail from Richard Friedman, with whom I had lost touch for well over six years. Rich was coming to give a workshop in SF at the end of the month.We went out to dinner at Il Fornaio in Burlingame, and Rich spent the night at our home. The next day, I toured Rich around Stanford's campus and we even took in a football game. After he was laid off at his last job, Rich decided to enter the consulting world and founded Friedman & Partners, a marketing and management consulting firm for the architecture, engineering, environmental consulting, and construction industries.Much to his and his wife Leslie (Kaufman)'s surprise, he has managed to earn more as a consultant than when he was working for a company.

One of the reasons that Rich looked me up was because he had paid a visit to Gail Stoller Baer earlier. Gail wrote, "We had a visit from Rich Friedman and Dave Kalman '88. Rich, Dave, and our entire family ran the Race for Hope to benefit the Brain Tumor Society (in memory of Paul Bogart). Husband Michael '88, MBA '89, and I stay busy traveling and running around with our children David, 12, Rachel, 10, and Amy, 8.We recently took trips to Costa Rica, London, and San Francisco." The completed merger of America West Airlines and US Airways means that the Baers may be relocating. In early October, Gail said that she and Michael were headed to Arizona to look at houses, schools, etc. "We'll make a definite decision after we see what is realistic for us in terms of selling our house in Bethesda and buying one in Scottsdale." It sounds like an exciting time for the Baers.

Hope to see many of you in Philadelphia for CACO's Mid-Winter Meeting and the televised Cornell-Harvard hockey game on February 18! -- Tom S. Tseng, ttseng@stanford. edu; and Debra Howard Stern, dstern39@yahoo.com.

88 | Hello, classmates, and Happy New Year! Once again another year has slipped by us faster than seems possible. I hope that the holiday season just past was an enjoyable and peaceful one for all '88ers. It is always a little challenging to write this column nearly three months in advance of its publication. At the time I'm writing, we have entered a mild and still mostly warm fall in Northern California, while back East, eight solid days of rain have just come to an end.

I find it especially challenging to consider the new year ahead--for two reasons. First, 2006 is the year in which many of us will hit 40 years of age. 40! It's hard to imagine that so much time has passed since we left Cornell. Second, I find my thoughts wandering back to a wonderful Cornell experience my wife Ann and I had back in July at Cornell's Adult University. As first-time CAU attendees, we marveled at how many people (alumni or not) return to CAU year after year. Ann thoroughly enjoyed the writing class she took titled The Examined Life, and I and classmate Alison Minton (a CAU regular) participated in some interesting, and sometimes quite exuberant, discussions in our class Meritocracy in America, led by economics professor Robert H. Frank.

I really cannot say enough positive things about CAU. Ithaca was at its summer finest with some rain and humidity, but lots of clear, beautiful skies as well. It is such a pleasure to enjoy the vivacity of the people one meets and have a top-notch educational experience free from the stress of exams and grades as when we were undergraduates. I highly recommend CAU and encourage anyone interested to check out the website www.sce.cornell.edu/cau. Shortly after CAU, Ann and I visited Steven and Anna BarnsleyWerblow '90 in Ashland, OR, when Rob Rosenberg and his wife Patricia Cook '89 and their kids were touring southern Oregon. It was like our own mini-reunion!

We have some new baby announcements from several classmates. Barbara Walker Byrne wrote from New Albany, OH, that her second daughter, Haley Archer, was born just about one year ago in January 2005 and that "big sister Bridget was elated." Jacques Boubli sent word that he and wife Elyse welcomed their second child, son Jeremy Alexander, to the world on February 9, 2005. Jacques said that "upon learning we had a boy, my father Elie J. Boubli, MS '54, exclaimed, ‘The dynasty continues!' since Jeremy is the only male to carry the Boubli name forward at least one more generation."Hopefully, that means there will be at least one more Cornellian in the family as well. After six years producing concerts for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Jacques is now the managing director of Young Concert Artists in Manhattan, where he helps run a small arts organization that allows him to spend more time with his family.

Sandra Young Klindt, DVM '93, sends belated (her word, not mine) news of the birth of her second son, Alex, in August 2003. Alex and big brother Evan love to be outdoors, which suits Sandy and her husband Roger very well. Sandy coauthored a manual on animal care for nursing homes embracing the Eden Alternative, a philosophy that involves, among other changes, having live-in animals in nursing homes. The book is titled The Eden Alternative Animal Welfare Guidelines, and those who are curious can learn more online at www.edenalt.com. Sandy also informed us that classmate (and my sophomore year roommate) John Gustavsson made partner at his radiology practice in Portland, OR.

Shortly before writing this column, my fellow correspondent Suzanne and I received a note from Ilissa Herskowitz, sister of our classmate Jennifer Herskowitz, who passed away in May 2003.With contributions from friends and family, the Herskowitz family has established the Jennifer Loren Herskowitz Memorial Funds at both Cornell and Columbia universities. Ilissa asked if we could provide an update about the fund in the class column, which I am very pleased to do. The memorial funds will continue in perpetuity and are maintained as 501(c)(3) eligible funds at both universities. At Cornell, the Cornell Tradition Program is honoring Jenn with the Jennifer Loren Herskowitz '88 Cornell Tradition Point of Light Award. The first presentation of this award was made during the 2005 Commencement Weekend to Itai Dinour '01. Ilissa and her parents attended the ceremony and were deeply touched by the tributes to Jenn and many kind words told to them by Jenn's former professors and university officials who she had known for many years.

The following is an excerpt from the program of the ceremony describing the award: "In honor of those who share Jenn's quiet and uncommon generosity, reflecting the goodness, compassion, strength of character, devotion, and regard for humanity that is the Light of the Cornell Tradition, this award is conferred in loving remembrance of Jennifer Loren Herskowitz, an irreplaceable life taken too soon. Appropriately, the award is conferred to either a graduating fellow who has gone above and beyond ordinary expectations in service to the Cornell Tradition or to a Tradition alumnus who has forwarded Tradition's message through extraordinary community service."Any classmates who would like to help support this fund can do so via their yearly Cornell Fund donations and can contact the Cornell Tradition office for more detailed information about the fund. I would like to extend my thanks to Ilissa for sending us this information and I am sure all classmates who knew Jenn send her family their very best wishes.

That's all the space we have for now. Until next time, I wish you peace. -- Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu; and Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu.

89 | Happy New Year! Wow, another year has passed by so quickly. Our classmates have been up to some great things.Many have traveled to exciting places. Others have wonderful careers, and still others have new additions to their families. Everyone has something to report. So if you haven't sent us news about yourself or your friends, please do so. It can be one of your New Year's resolutions. Our contact information is at the end of the column.

Onto the good stuff--the news you gave us. Phuong Minh "Judy" Nguyen sent an e-mail telling about her exciting travels. In May 2005 she participated in an Operation Smile mission to Quang Nam, where she volunteered as one of six anesthesiologists. It was the first time she has returned to Vietnam since she fled as a refugee in 1975. Laura Seaver spent two months on a motorcycle trip, tracing the Silk Road from Istanbul to Xian, China. She lives in Seattle.

Brandon Roth is a general assignment reporter at WSTM-TV in Syracuse. His job has taken him to Afghanistan, where he did a special report on the 10th Mountain Division and their search for Osama Bin Laden. He also traveled to Normandy, France, where he reported on the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Catherine Blodgett Gaffney is the category merchant for specialty cheese at Wegmans Food Markets. Travel is a must for her job, and her international travels include France and Switzerland. AlexMartin lives on Lake Como in Italy. He works in Milan as CFO of a biotech company. He has children Alex, 8, Thomas, 7, Christian, 4, and Katherine, 2. Deborah Goldman also lives abroad. In August 2004 she moved to Tel Aviv, Israel, and met her husband Eytan Ktuvim. They were married in Israel in April 2005.

Deborah Silverman Shames wrote to tell us she is now the director of college counseling for the Hoboken (NJ) Charter School. She also maintains a thriving private college search consulting business. Husband and classmate Martin is an internal consultant for PSEG in Newark. They say they are "perpetually busy" as they enjoy the energy of their three kids, Jonathan, 8,Matthew, 6, and Rachel, 2. Deborah also sent us news that Jennifer Gise Zeligson and husband Andrew had their third son, Lance Aaron, who joins big brothers Kevin, 6, and Brett, 2.

Julie Salles Schaffer owns Salles Schaffer Architecture. She teaches at Parsons School of Design and is the mother of girls Madeleine, 6, and Olivia, 4. AnneWest writes, "At long last I have a real job." She is an assistant professor of neurobiology at Duke U.Medical Center. She has a son Timmy, 3. Peter Donati is a partner and head of the employment law practice at Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC in Chicago. ChrisWeeks is the director of academic support for KIPP ("Knowledge is Power Program") to College, a charter school in the South Bronx. Living on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle, Alison Norton Nelson reports she has daughters Maile and Juniper. She sees John Dunn a lot, since their kids go to the same daycare. Also out West, Ron and Laura Landauer Fritz and their children Jacob, 10, Colin, 8, and Gillian, 4, moved to Bend, OR.

We got an e-mail from Erika Ange telling of her marriage to Bernie Sheehan '88 at the Fairmount Hotel in Washington, DC, on July 16, 2005. Classmates who attended the celebration were Shari Fagen, Shannon Gallivan, Rachel Hollander, Debbie Schneider Toy, and Jean Winkler Onufrak. Carol Borack Copenhaver was supposed to make the wedding, but had a baby, Ryan, days before the ceremony.

In April 2005, Zack Kollias started a new job as VP of strategic planning and analysis for Church's Chicken. He has kids Tommy, 8, and Kris, 5. He continues to play and coach volleyball. His 16-year-old girls team finished second in the Florida Regional AAU Tournament. Katie McShane Kelly lives in Penngrove, CA, and works from home as a consultant. This way she is able to spend time with her two boys, Joseph and Jack.

Amy McGarry-Jackson is a pediatrician in Clifton Park, NY. Douglas Scherr is an assistant professor of urology and clinical director of urological oncology at Cornell New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He has kids Andrew, 6, and Sophie, 3. After nine years of breeding squash for Syngenta Seeds Inc., Kevin Cook started a new career as the company's pepper breeder. He lives in Naples, FL. Amy Oliver Mascolo went to her Ithaca High School 20th Reunion with her best pal (then and now) Lauren MacIntyre. Amy is a full-time mom with three kids,Monica, 7, Christina, 4, and Jack, 1.

That's all the room we have for this issue. Please keep sending us news! We try our best to include everything we receive in a timely manner. -- Stephanie Bloom Avidon, stephanieavidon@optonline.net; Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com; and Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dmaus. com.